Without question or doubt, ashes rank as the most common and most abundant trees growing along our neighborhood streets and in our yards and parks. Elms rank much lower in abundance as street trees.

The destructive Emerald Ash Borer beetle has been increasing its range in the U.S. for decades. After being found near Forest Grove in 2022, it’s been confirmed in five Oregon counties, as of ...

BRAINERD — Guidelines are now in place to deal with the injection and removal of ash trees infested with emerald ash borer in Brainerd. City Council members approved the final reading of a tree ...

Traps are going up at Tulsa parks in an effort to protect Oklahoma’s ash tree population from an invasive species. As people hike or bike at Turkey Mountain, Tulsa River Parks Authority said they may ...

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The emerald ash borer, a small green beetle native to Asia, has been damaging ash trees in the Kansas City area for over a decade. Dr. James E. Zablotny, USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture A tiny ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota published a study in the journal Forests in November 2025 about the potential for fungi to slow the spread of emerald ash borer, a beetle that kills ash trees ...

An emerald ash borer larva chews through the cambium layer of an infested ash tree in Armstrong, located in Emmet County. A buildup of feeding tunnels cut off the vascular or “plumbing system" of a ...

There’s a tree killer on the loose in Oregon, and nobody knows how to stop it. An invasive green beetle called the emerald ash borer arrived in the Midwest from Asia, and it’s killed over 100 million ...

Ash trees in the UK are rapidly evolving resistance in response to ash dieback disease, DNA sequencing of hundreds of trees has shown. The finding is good news, says Richard Buggs at the Royal Botanic ...

The insect threatens the health and survival of the black ash tree. In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash ...